Word: humanity
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...Carr Center for Human Rights Policy commemorated its 10th anniversary last night at the IOP in a forum highlighting the progress the institution has made over the past decade...
...event, entitled ‘Why Human Rights Matter,’ showcased a speech by the Center’s founder, Gregory C. Carr, in addition to a discussion between Kennedy School Professor Samantha Power and Kennedy School Lecturer Sarah Sewall, two prominent leaders in the human rights movement...
...discussion was moderated by Kennedy School Professor Rory Stewart and centered around the Carr Center’s role in shaping human rights policy and the minds of students...
...municipality of Tel Aviv, where most of the immigrant workers live, together with about 17,000 refugees mainly from Darfur and Eritrea, provides free health care and day care for children, including vaccinations and education. Adult health services are provided by Physicians for Human Rights. The Hotline for Migrant Workers has people on call 24/7 to provide welfare and legal advice. "Whoever is in our territory deserves our services," deputy mayor Yael Dayan tells TIME. "It's not a question of grace, it's really a question of right. It's not doing them a favor...
...Felici-Bach specializes in what's known as ethno-clinical psychology, which focuses on the effects of cultural origins on human development. She says there are very clear differences in the approaches to child-rearing from one country to the next. "In Germany, children are educated from early on to [execute] a task on their own from beginning to end. In southern [European] countries, children are dependent on what people tell them to do. Southern societies have preserved an independent way of raising children, resisting the modern educational practices that encourage independence at an early age." (See pictures of kids...